On no campus in the United States or elsewhere would the racist posters using the “N” word and so on be acceptable public discourse (even if it is an interesting free speech legal issue).

But what about the anti-Israel poster?

Unfortunately, such discourse on campuses and elsewhere is par for the course in the anti-Israel movement. The attempt to single out Israel alone for boycott, and the false equation of Israel with Apartheid, fascism and Nazism, is part of the dialogue and accepted.

I have to wonder, if only the anti-Israel posters were put up around Oberlin not accompanied by attacks on blacks, Muslims and gays, would anyone have noticed or cared? Would the campus have erupted in protest?

Somehow I doubt it.

The specific flag used on the Oberlin poster is akin to a stock image in anti-Israel protests, this one in San Francisco:

From Campus Reform, such images are particularly pervasive at U. California campuses:

From the ADL website, the Nazi symbol on the Israeli flag is common at anti-Israel protests around the country (more at the link):

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Didn’t you know? All the “Cool” kids are pro-Palestinian (anti-Semitic) these days. /sarc

It’s always been the case that the younger generation finds a valve to vent their anti-authoritarian (anti-conformist) views. Today’s valve of choice is Palestinian statehood, it seems. What I find funny (strange, not funny haha), is that all the kids conform in their anti-conformist sentiments. Israel bad, Palestine good.

So, if you throw in a little Anti-Semitism you get Oberlin today! These students wouldn’t understand that fascism as it’s defined would apply more to their dear leader Obama, than it would to Israel today:

fas·cism noun \ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm also ˈfa-ˌsi-\
1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.